title: Deep femoral lymphadenectomy with preservation of the fascia lata. Preliminary report on 42 invasive vulvar carcinomas.
abstract: Forty-two patients with primary invasive vulvar carcinoma were treated with radical vulvectomy and deep femoral lymphadenectomy with preservation of the fascia lata and cribriform fascia. The rationale for using this technique was based on anatomic knowledge of the topographic distribution of groin lymph nodes, which was confirmed by the study of 50 cadavers. The preliminary data show that the number of superficial and deep femoral lymph nodes removed from the 42 patients (mean number of nodes, 20; range, 8-32) was similar to the number reported in anatomy books. In addition, the five-year actuarial survival rate, 70%, was comparable to that in the literature. These preliminary results suggest that the surgical technique used in this study is as radical an oncologic procedure as Way's classic groin lymphadenectomy, which consists of removing the fascia lata and cribriform fascia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Micheletti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borgno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Preti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cavanna
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nicolaci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benedetto
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghiringhello
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bocci
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005206:Fascia Lata; D005260:Female; D006119:Groin / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015996:Survival Rate; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*